Brief late-night introduction and a question, cn2800 has an engine ID question Options

[cn2800]

I'd like to give a hearty greeting to all my new friends here.

My father purchased a new silver 1.7 in the summer of 1973, and owned it until the early nineties. I was trolling Craigslist Friday, and ran across a '73 for sale. She's in rough shape from a front-end collision, but remarkably rust-free (for a 914) and otherwise pretty complete. The seller wanted a few hundred for the car, so I figured, "what the heck?", bought it and had it flatbedded to the shop this evening.

I'll give a lengthier intro with more photos tomorrow, but for tonight, I have a question - The following photos are from this car's engine bay. Is this a 2-liter engine? The badging is for a 1.7, but from the information/descriptions I can find, this appears to be a 2.0. I've not had a chance to vacuum the dust to find if the engine # is between the case and the oil fill tube (2.0) or on the upper right rear (1.7). Also, the ECU is not located next to the battery, but in the front-middle of the firewall.

Many Thanks,
Carl

[Mblizzard]

Looks like a 2.0 breather! Take a look at the point where the intakes bolt on to heads. If they are 3 bolt intakes then you have 2.0 heads.

Check the engine number and compare to the numbers listed here to be sure.

[cn2800]

Spent lunch cleaning and eyeballing the engine. It has a 2.0 engine number by the oil tube:



So it's a '73 with 1.7 badging, housing either a '73 or '74 2.0 motor.

VIN:



Was it common to swap in the larger engine? Gang, if this were a Cadillac, I'd already have all the answers - this project is 180 degrees from anything I've worked on in the past. Thanks for any additional info you can provide. I will take and post photos of the whole vehicle this evening.

Carl